Tour de France: truggling champ Thomas no longer touching the sky
(WorldNews France)

When the team of Geraint Thomas was in its pomp at the Tour de France, a time trial followed by a big mountain stage would have been playgrounds for Sky - now in new colors as Ineos - to take cycling`s greatest race by the scruff of the neck and leave everyone else fighting for second place. Not this year. Thomas, the defending champion, cracked on Saturday on the Tour`s first encounter with a climb to above 2,000 meters (6,500 feet), exposing unprecedented weaknesses in his team that has won six Tours in the past seven years. The time trial on Friday and the climb up to the legendary Tourmalet pass on Saturday seemed primed for Thomas to reel in Julian Alaphilippe, the yellow jersey-wearer...